Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / February 2010

I use some stuff call - you guessed it - building board.  It's a fibrous
wall board painted white on one side.  Comes in 4' x 8' sheets.  Pins
push in easy.  Most home improvement stores have it. When I couldn't
find it one time I used ceiling tiles.

CR

In article
<8b63c218-078f-4178-a9fb-128e6bd1f7ab@x6g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>,

I like drywall. It pins easily and securely and it stays flat.

In message
<8b63c218-078f-4178-a9fb-128e6bd1f7ab@x6g2000vbl.googlegroups.com>, Kurt
<stinson1082@gmail.com> writes

I have a piece of blockboard which has the same problem as your door.

I stuck 2 layers of cork floor tiles left over from a house job on to
it. This gives a layer about 6mm thick which takes pins very well.

On top of that I have pasted a layer of lining type wallpaper using left
over wallpaper paste.

This paper can easily be drawn on for centrelines and the like and when
it gets glue blobs on it, it can easily be dampened and removed and a
new piece put on.

I keep a tightly closed jar of leftover wallpaper paste ready to use and
so whenever a new project is to start a new paper is put in place to
give a nice clean and smooth start.

I also find that the paper on top tends to prevent the cork surface from
suffering to much damage with knife cuts and anyway the new paper binds
all these together anyway.

Using the above I have had the same building board for about 30 years
and I guess it will see me out!

HTH

I have a hollow-core interior door I picked up cheap at a home-improvement
store because it was damaged.  I put a layer of fiber ceiling tiles (two of
the big ones-- 2'x4'?) on top.

Good flying,
desmobob

Buy a  two foot by four foot suspended ceiling tile. The reverse side should
be   flat and it's soft enough to push pins through. Make  sure the one(s)
you buy are planed smooth and flat on the reverse side. Some of the styles
is tiles are textured in some way and not flat and smooth.
S